http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/10/12/michigan.underwear.bomber/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
ACK!
Today at work I ask a co worker "What makes a man SO dedicated that he
would put a bomb NEXT to" his man parts? The answer I got was what I was
thinking...."I have NO IDEA!". Even when I was young, foolish and in
the military, I wasn't dedicated enough to put a BOMB next to MY tender
man parts......
IF that kind of dedication is what it will
take to win the war on terror, I'm not sure we, as a country, have what
it takes to win this war.
The above statements are a
joke of sorts BUT you have to admit, it takes a very brave or very
foolish person to even THINK about putting a bomb ANYPLACE on their
person KNOWING that when it goes BOOM, you either have a bad burn Or you
DIE. In this day and age of video games, you can die lots of times in a
game and bounce right back. In real life it isn't so easy. DEATH is
permanent. Military Snipers say "One Shot, One Kill" but as far as life
is concerned it's "One Shot, One Life". This isn't a dress rehearsal we
are in, this is the big stage we are on right now.
I know
of NOTHING in my life I have ever been so dedicated too that would have
made me consider making myself into a bomb. If Randi ask me tomorrow
to strap a bomb on my midsection, I would have to walk away from her
and call the cops.....
We live in a great country but we
have had an all volunteer military force for 30 or so years. Seems more
people are telling their kids NOT to join the military than ever
before. It was good enough for Granddad but it isn't good enough for
your son or daughter. I understand that problem. When my son,
Christopher, told me "Dad, I've joined the Air Force" the first thing
out of my mouth was "Boy, do you KNOW there is a war going on?" He did
know there was a war going on and being raised around the military, like
I was, he was a darn site more informed than most people that enlist in
the military.
YES, the military will send you too
college and will give you 30 days paid vacation a year (if your duty
section has the manpower on hand to allow you to take the time for
classes or vacation, you can do all of that but if they don't you can't!
Something the recruiters won't tell young recruits) BUT when they say
its time to get on the aircraft and GO halfway around the world.....you
have to go. G.I. stands for "government issue" and they OWN you as long
as you are on active duty. They can't ask you to do anything against
the law....but war sometimes makes the legal part of life VERY fuzzy. If
you do an action on one place on a map, it might be OK but if you cross
the border to another country and do the very same action, that could
then be considered against the law and in the fog of war, you sometimes
lose track of just where you are at in this world...hmmmmm
We,
as a country, are in war with a most dedicated adversary. They don't
care if we are black or white, democrat or republican or if we love our
families or not...
Something to think about.....
J.
Say WHAT??!!??
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